Figols-Castigaleu sequence A2, facies 6, sample 49 (Eocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.3° N, 0.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 2.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• late Ypresian: chrons C23r through C22n and NP zones 12 and 13

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified sandstone

• shown on figure as facies M3, which consists of "Mudstones and fine-grained sandstones... Bioturbated... Shelfal lobes (sandstones), prodelta, inner shelf (mudstones)": shownh on supplemental figure as mostly estuary, delta, and shoreface

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: S. Dominici and T. Kowalke. 2007. Depositional dynamics and the record of ecosystem stability: early Eocene faunal gradients in the Pyrenean foreland, Spain. Palaios 22(3):268-284 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75366: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudamauridae indet.
Pseudamauridae indet.
listed as large Pseudamauridae
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
listed as individual anthozoa
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
listed as regular echinoids
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutidae indet.
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
 Cerithioidea - Acanthonematidae
Potamididae indet., Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis, Zaria caroli, Turritella peraubensis
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
listed as Potamididae indet.
Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) solerensis horn snail
listed as Tympanotonos (T.) solerensis
Zaria caroli turret shell
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet.
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
listed as Cardidae
 Cardiida -
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei Gray 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans
"Tivelina elegans" = Callista (Callista) elegans Lamarck 1806 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula)
"Varicorbula sp." = Corbula (Varicorbula) Grant and Gale 1931 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia minuta
Venericardia minuta Leymerie 1846 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet.
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp.
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
listed as Brachidontes nov. sp.
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet.
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
 Ostreida - Arctostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
listed as Ostrea sp.
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758